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FEDERAL BOARD NAMES DIREC? TORS OF FEDERAL INSTITU? TION AT (X)UMd.a. R. H. Welch of Columbia is Attor? ney and Registrar and Louis I. Galon of Oamden lo Vice President ?Howard Arnold of Greenville, Go., to Secretary?Is F?rst of Twelve Farm Land Loan Banks to Organ toe?Will Commence Business us Soon aa $1 OO.OOO Stock is Subscrib? ed. Columbia, Feb. 18.?Temporary or? ganisation was completed yesterday Of the Columbia land bank, with the appointment In Washington by the federal farm loan board of a regis? trar' aad of men to All the three places on the directing board which remained open after F. J. H. von En gel ken of Bast Palataka, Fla. the director of the mint, had been ap? pointed president of the bank, and David A. Houston, a banker of Mon? roe, N. C. had been designated as tree eurer. Louis I. Guton of Lugoff. this State, a cattle breeder and planter, was yesterday mads vie* president; How? ard C. Arnold of Greenville, Oa.. was appointed secretary, and 8. C. Warner of Palatka. Fla., was appointed a director. The law provides that of the ire directors one shall be presi? dent, one rice president, one secretary and one treasurer. The principal salaried post outside the directorate to that of registrar, which goes to Robert H. Welch, an attorney of Co? lumbia. The position of appraiser is yea la be tiled. Columbia's Is the first of the 12 land banks to be organised. It will serve the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. President von Engelken and Treasurer Houston expected to reach Columbia the middle of last week, but were detained in Washington. Mr. von Bagelken's resignation from the directorship of the mint became ef? fective last Thursday. It was an? nounced tost month that he would head the Columbia bank and on Feb? ruary t the selection of Mr. Houston for the troasureshtp was announced. The president draws a salary of $1.000 (perhaps mors; the*amount was In negotiation a few days ago); too treasurer and the registrar $4,000 each, the secretary $3,500 and the ap eratoer 91,4 to. Only per diem and ewweweee are to be paid to the vlc? reghnrar. to a law? yer and former lsgtotaion, whoso spe? cialty in recent years has boon the handling of campaigns and contests associated with projects for the for? mation of new counties. Hie office to In the Palmetto building, Colum? bia. Ho resides at 2403 Divine street, abandon, Columbia. The duty of the registrar will be to pass on the titles of lands upon which local farm loan associations seek to borrow for their mem bar*. Mr. Gpion, formerly a cotton mill executive, owns extensive areas along the Wate res river and has been en? terprising and successful in the re? building of worn soils and the breed? ing of cattle on a large scale. He is a seatoua student of rural finance Practically nothing is known in Co? lumbia of Messrs. Arnold and Warn? er. The former was put forward by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia and the latter by Senator Duncan Fletch? er of Florida. Nothing Is known in Columbia as to when the governors of the bank will arrive to begin their work. "Bach federsl land bagk shall be temporarily managed by five direc? tors, appointed by the federal farm loan board. Said directors shall be eitlxens of the Cnited States and resi? dents of the district. They shall each give a surety bond . . . Said tem? porary directors shall . . . forthwith make an organisation certificate. . After the subscriptions to the bank's stock by farm loan associations shall have reached $100.000, the perma? nent organisation Is to be effected, with nine directors, six to bo chosen by the farmers' associations and three to be appointed by the federal farm loan board. Subscriptions to the etock by local associations aro r? per cent of their borrowings, no that the permanent organization will not bo effected until the bank's loans shall have reached the total of $2.000,000. Each bunk starts with a capital of $760,000. but it gets additional money for lending by automatic In? crease of Its capital stock und through the sale of Its bonds by pledging the mortgsges It tits es as collateral se? curity. The general purposes of the federal farm loan act are to lower and equal l.'O Interest rates on first mortgage firm loans; to provide long term loans with the privilege of repayment In In? stallments through a long or short period of years, at the borrower's op? tion; to assemble the farm credits of the nation, to he used as security for money to be employed in farm de? velopment; to stimulate cooperative action among farmers; to check land monopoly by making it easier for DEPENDS UPON AGRICULTURE. HELFFERICH SPEAKS OF GER? MAN FOOD SUPPLY. Call? on Farmers to Do Their Best to Meet Great Need by Raising of Big Crops. ?London. Feb. 19.?Dr. Karl Helf ferich, German imperial vice chancel? lor, speaking at a plenary meeting of the German agricultural council, Is quoted by Reuter's Amsterdam cor? respondent as saying: "England's war of starvation has from the very llrst brought clearly before the eyes of the German people the fact that Germany stands or falls with its agriculture. Owing to the activity of the submarine and the fail? ure of the harvests, England too is thrown back upon her agriculture and while I believe the English farmer will do his utmost to meet the situa? tion I prophesy his failure." Regarding the submarine campaign the dispatch adds, Dr. Helfferlch de? clared: "We considered the matter carefully and have dared. Wo are certain of success and will not allow that success to be wrested from us by anything or anyone." After appealing for fresh efforts by the agriculturists, he added: "Until the next harvest comes there is still a long and not an easy road to travel. Even the best economic plan for the next year and the most stubborn work and sacrifice on the part of the farmer for the coming harvest do not relieve us of the iron necessity of managing for a number of months with what we have in hand." CHURCH FUND GROWS. Episcopal Campaign Results in Much Money Being Raised. New York, Feb. 18.-*-Blshop Wil? liam Lawrence of Boston announced here today that the old age pension fund which the Episcopal church is raising had passed the $5,000,000 mark. Original estimates he explain? ed required this sum as a minimum r the movement was to be a success. He added that additional funds made It probable that much more might be done than the bare mini mom work which had at first been planned for. Mutton Road Bonds for Spartanbnrg. Columbia, Feb. 20.?The Spartan burg county $1,090,000 road bond ls aue *H an* ,0|n< W providing for a I hlgaSray commtesidn were ratified thb I afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. The bills I were received at the governor's office at 12:10 o'olock. New Yorlc, Feb. 20.?Hundreds of women frogs tfie tenement districts, some of them with babies, screaming "we want bread," stormed the city hall demanding to see the mayor to protest against the high cost of food. The police reserves were rushed to the city hall to restore erae>. . Their leader, Mrs. Ida Harffst president of the Mothers' Vigilant League, aju} three others, were allowed to w-att fs>r the mayor. The visit to the city haN was the outcome of food riots in three districts of the city yesterday In which food peddlers' cars were barncd by women because of the Increased cost of potatoes and onions. The Walsh Directory Company of Charleston have had representatives in the city at work for several weeks securing statistics in order to issue u 1917 directory of Sumter. The new directory will be out about the first of April and will be up-to-date, having all of the 1917 Information of Sumter. tenants to get land; and to provide safe and sound long term Investments for the thrifty. The government stock and other stock, If originally subscribed by others than borrowers, is paid off and retired as the subscriptions by farm loan associations arc made. This is essentially a farmers' banking sys? tem, and the law contemplates that the farmers shall eventually own and control it. The bank may accept deposits only from farm loan associations. The as? sociations may accept deposits from anybody only for the purchase of fed? eral farm loan bonds or first mort? gages. This money must be forward? ed at once to the federal land bank. Certitlcates are issued for such de? posits bearing not over 4 per cent, per annum after six days. When the certificates aggregate $25 or any mul? tiple thereof they may be exchanged for federal farm loan bonds of an equal amount. No other banking business may be transacted. Only those may borrow from the bank who are the owners or are about to become the owners of farm lands and who are or Intend to be actually engaged In farming. The federal farm loan board con Mists of the following: William <J. McAdoo. chairman (ex-offlclo) i George W. NoitIh, farm loan commis? sioner; Charles E. Lobdell, W. S. A. Smith and Herbert, The secretary i* W. W. Flannagan. FUNSTON DIES SUDDENLY. LEADER OP FORCES ON BORDEIt STRICKEN WHILE PLAYING WITH CHILD. Had Been Under Long Strain With Handling of Guardsmen and At? tending to Details of Policing Mex? ican Border. San Antonio, Feb. 19.?Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston, commander of the Southern department of the United States army since February 19, 1915, | died suddenly at a hotel here tonight a few minutes after he had flnishe< 1 dinner. He collapsed and fell uncon? scious while seated in the lobby of the hotel talking with friends and play? ing with little Inez Silverberg of Des . Moines, Iowa, a guest with her par? ents at the hotel. Death was almost instantaneous. Gen. Funston was 51 years old. Ever since March, 1916, when he I was placed in command of all United I Sttaes forces on the Mexican border, Gen. Funston had worked at an un I usual pace. At critical times in bor I der developments he frequently re I mained on duty 20 hours of the 24. I The handling of regulars disposed of I at various stations on the border, the I Pershing expedition and, of late, re I arrangements of regular troops while I providing for the return of National I Guardsmen have entailed an enbnuous I amount of detail work, probably ex I ceeding that which fell to any com I manding general of the United States I since the War of Secession. Only to I day Gen. Funston completed orders I for the return of the last of the I Guardsmen. Because of the amount I of work which has fallen to him, Gen. I Funston's only recreation or relaxa I tion for nearly a year has been an%oc I casional dinner party with a few I friends. I Only recently Gen. Funston return I ed from an inspection trip which took I him as far as Nogales, Ariz. He also I inspected the American expeditionary I forces in Mexico just before, they I came out. These trips, with one to I Brownsville, Texas, and a brief' visit I to Austin, Texas, last vear, were vir I tually the only occasion when he has I been absent from his desk since the I border trouble developed. I Two weeks ago Gen. Funston suffer I ed an attack of indigestion. To use I his own expression, "I fought it out I alone." Later he placed himself un I der the care of Lieut. Col. M. W. Ire I land of the medical corps. Southern I department, and regained formal health and spirits. 'For three^jSys/' I Col. Ireland said tonight, "GenT Fun I ston had been entirely well." / Nevertheless at dinner tonight* Gen. I Funston was particularly abstemious I and ate only sparingly of the sim I plest dishes. 'Col. Malvern-Hill Barnum, Gen. I Funston's chief of staff, immediately I notified the war department; of Gen. I Funston's death. News also was dls I patched to Mrs. Funston, who is vlslt I ing her father in California. No ar I rangements for Gen. Funston's funer Lai have been made. I Col. Ireland, who has been Gen. I Funston's physician for some time. I said tonight? "Cten. Funston's death was caused I by angina schlerosls of the arteries ot the heart. Death was almost immedi I ate and without pain. I Gen. Funston's last words were in I admiration of a waltz the hotel or I chestra was playing. "How beautiful ,t is," ho said. Then he lapsed into unconsciousness. Besides his wife, Gen. Funston ifc survived by three children, Frederick I Funston, Jr., aged 10 years; Barbara I Funston, nine, and Elizabeth Funston, I aged eight months. Washington, Feb. 20.?Major Gen. Pershing today assumed command of the southern department, Secretary Haker said that Gen. Pershing is next in grade to Gen. Funston in the de? partment and his succession was automatic until Gen. Funston's per? manent successor is chosen. FOU JEWISH SUFFERERS. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 19.?Jacob Billikopf of this city left today for New York to assume charge of the American Jewish relief committee's campaign for a $10,000,000*fund for Jewish war sufferers. Mr. Billikopf, who, is a native of Russia, said: "The bulk of our aid will be ex? pended in Poland and Galicia, where 5,000,000 Jews are suffering. "While we are viewing with some apprehension the strained diplomatic situation, we do not believe this will hamper the distribution of our con? tributions of bare necessities." Washington, Feb. 20.?The Porto Kican citizenship and civil govern? ment bill was passed by the senate today without a roll call. It had al? ready passed the bouse. Comparatively few citizens of this county have taken the necessary pre? liminary steps to avail themselves of the benefits to be derived from the Federal Farm Loan Hank. Only three "I' f<?ur small farm loan associations have been organized thub far. }( WANTS INDEMNITY PAID. WILSON URGES SENATE TO RAT? IFY TREATY. Reparation for Panama Seizure, President Thinks, Would Mean Bet? ter Relations With Colombo. Washington, Fel). 19.?President Wilson has sent a letter to Chairman Stone of the senate foreign relations committee, urging action during this session of congress on the treaty to indemnify Colombia for the separa? tion of Panama. It has been indicated recently that there would be no action on the Co? lombian treaty during the present ses? sion of congress but the president is very anxious that it be ratified so as to clear away one of the potent sources of friction in Tu a-American relations. The president la said to have point? ed out that in the event of hostilities between the United States and a for? eign power, it would be unfortunate if any misunderstanding existed with any country in this hemisphere. Sen? ator Stone called a meeting of the for? eign relations committee for next Wednesday to lay before it the presi? dent's letter. Opposition to the treaty has been so vigorous in the senate that it has been impossible to get it up for dicussion notwithstanding that the committee amended it at the last session to re? duce the indemnity to be paid Co? lombia for the partition of Panama from $25,000,000 to $15,000,000. Senator Stone said tonight he did not know whether in the light of the new international situation the sen? ate could be prevailed on to act. So far as senators are aware, there has been no understanding with Co? lombia as to whether the treaty in its amended form would be acceptable to that government. OFFERS PLANT TO GOVERNMENT Greenwood Cotton Mill Would Op crate for Government in Case of War. Greenwood, Feb. 15.?The Green? wood Cotton Mills have signed a con? tract with the government to turn over the mill for the purpose of mak? ing munitions in the event of war with Germany. The offer was made to the government several days ago by Pres? ident Self and all arrangements for use of the mills, if needed, have been completed. The machine shops also could be used to advantage by the government in making arms and artillery. The principal products in case of war, however, will be bandages and gauze and other like articles used on the battle fronts. So far as known this is the first mill in this section that has offered its plant to the government. DEMAND ON AUSTRIA. London, Feb. 20.?A Vienna dis? patch, via Amsterdam, says Ambas? sador Pcnfield has delivered a request to the Austrian foreign minister for a clear and final dehnition of Austria Hungary's submarine policy. Mr. Penfield's request is a last effort to ascertain what standpoint Austria has assumed and whether the assurances given in the Ancona and Persia in? cidents are to be regarded as chang? ed or withdrawn. It is understood the foreign ministry will examine the request carefully and reply at once. ACTING UNDER INSTRUCTIONS. Washington, Feb. 20.?Ambassador Penfield was acting under strict in? structions in requesting Austria to state her submarine attitude. It is stated instructions were sent to Vienna ten days ago and it is possi? ble they have been reinforced in view of the delay in obtaining a response. The State department officials, how? ever, declined to discuss this phase of the situation. Returning to Washington. W. Sinkler Manning, trooper of the Charleston Light Dragoons, was in Columbia yesterday, on his way from Charleston, where he was mustered out of the federal service, to Wash? ington. He is a member of the New York Times bureau staff in Washing? ton and has been with the cavalry troop on the Mexican border for sev? en months. He is a son of Gov, and Mrs. Manning.?Columbia State. Paris, Feb. 21.?It is officially an? nounced that the following vessels have ben sunk since February 16th: Minns, Skogland, Giuseppe, Guido and Rosalie. At tho last meeting of the County Board of Commissioners the sugges? tion was made that gravel bo im? ported for surfacing a section of pub? lic road to give the gravel a thorough test. There is no need of Importing gravel as there is enough of Hrst class cement gravel in two beds near State burg, one lying directly <>n the rail? road, to supply material for several hundred miles of roadway. Why not Kive this gravel a trial on the State burg road*.' CHARLESTON S NAVY YARD. BIG DRY DOCK MAY BE BUILT IN THIS STATE. Senate Committee, Finally Approving Appropriation Measure, Includes Three-quarters of Million for That Station?For More Submarines. Washington, Feb. 20.?Final ap? proval of the naval appropriation was voted by the senate naval commit? tee with the total raised to about 500, 000,000 by adding $128,000,000 to the I measure as it passed the house. Ap? propriations are carried for the com? ing year's share of the great three year building programme and there are various special provisions, includ? ing authorization for commandeering private ship building and munition plants In time of national peril. The emergency construction appro? priation of $150,000,000 recommend? ed by the senate subcommittee was reduced to $115,000,000 with a spe? cific direction that $35,000,000 of this be expended for submarines. Ar ?amendment by Senator PolndOXter was adopted directing that 40 of the additional submersiMes should be coast vessels and 10 lleet submarines, half of each type to be built on the Pacific coast. The committee also added to the house programme three coast guard cutters to cost $1,350,000; $772,000 for extension of the Washington navy yard and $750,000 for a dry dock at Charleston, S. C. Provision is made for Increasing the class at the naval academy by 614 members, providing for appointment, of four instead of three midshipmen by each senator and representative, for 100 from enlisted men instead of 25 and for four from the Philippines. The term at the naval academy would be reduced from four to three years for a period of five years. ' Other important increases approved includes $400,000 for a high power radio station in Puerto Rico; $000,000 for batteries for merchant marine auxiliaries, $450,000 for ammunition for such auxiliaries, $3,000,000 for re? serve material for the navy and $1, 950,000 for engineering purposes, in? cluding radio installation on light ves sels. EIGHTY-NINE VESSELS SINK. London, Feb. 21.?Sir Edward Car? son, first lord of the admiralty, told the house of commons that eighty nine of the allies and neutral ves? sels, aggregating two hundred and sixty-eight thousand tons, have been lost in the first eighteen days In February. WANTS EMBARGO OX CARS. Chicago. Feb. 21.?President J. P. Grttfin, of the Chicago board , Of trade, telegraphed the Inter-State Commerce Commission and eastern railroads insisting that the country faced rioting unless an embargo was placed on east bound freight except foodstuffs and fuel. SHIPS WILL NOT SAH/. New York, Feb. 21.?Owners of cargoes which are aboard the Amer? ican liner St. Louis which has been held in harbor since the German new submarine policy became effective, have received notice that the cargo will be discharged. The greater part of the crews of the liners New York,. St, Paul and Kroonland have been paid off. President Franklin, of the International Mercantile marine, says that the sailings of the liners have been indefinitely postponed. AS BEEN IN Till: HOUSE. Columbia, Feb. 19.?So numerous have been the concurrent resolutions providing for investigations that Rep? resentative Plckem of Pickens coun? ty today offered the following: Amendment to concurrent resolu? tion No. 775: Provided that the entire house and senate shall be divided into commit? tees to investigate and recommend: 1. The best breed of cows for milk. 2. The best drink In a bone dry State. 3. The best dog tax bill. 4. The best means to prevent transportation of chickens after night, In Ford cars. 5. The best method of Insuring perfect morals. Each member of every committee to bo recompensed In the sum of live cents per day for every day it rains during 1917, and mileage for every picnic ho attends. El Paso, Fei?. 21.? Major General Pershlng has received a message from Major General Scott, chlof of staff, announcing the appointmeni of Gen. Pershlng as commander of the Southern department. Berlin, Feb. 21.- The Overseas News Agency says that approximate? ly two thousand werr killed and in? jured, including some prominent Rou? manians, in a recent train wreck near Chirurcha, northern Etoumanla, ac? cording to the RussUwt newspaper Kusskoye ?'lo\o. HOI si; RECEDES FROM POSITION FORMERLY HELD, BREAK? IX<; DEADLOCK. Accapta BMI as Reported by Fre*l OoMfOresM? CosssBittee with Senate Amendments?Measure to Go to Governor This AftcVSSMMS for Ap? proval and Adjournment Muy Come Tonight. Columbia, Feb. 21.?The house of representatives receded from its po? sition this afternoon and adopted the free conference report on the gener? al appropriations bill, breaking the deadlock existing between itself and the senate for the past few days. The bill was then ordered enrolled as an act, without any of the amend? ments inserted by the senate being stricken out. COLOMBIA DILL IXRATIFIED. Washington, Feb. 21.?The senate foreign relations committee has de? cided that the pending treaty provid? ing for compensation of Colombia for the partition of Panama will not be ratified at this session. The decision was reached after the letter from j President Wilsen urg:r;~ ratification had been read. Chairman Stone will mako the formal announcement la? ter. FAMINE IN GREECE. Athens, Feb. 21 (Correspondence to Associated Press).?This message is sent by a passenger on the first ship for America that has left Greece since the declaration of the allied blockade on December 8th. The? blockade of Greece is absolute. Tlfl government has resorted to . foorr cards, but the bread is two-thbrds bran. The coal shortage has caused the king to order the royal tatoi forest, to be cut for fuel. The food ration of the army has been reduced by half. THANKS GUARDSMEN FOR SER? VICE. Washington, Feb. 19.?Secretary Baker sent a letter of thanks today to the Commanders of all National Guard units which saw service on the Mexican border. "I wish to thank you and the offi? cers and men of your organization who went to the border in response to the call of the president," wrote the secretary, "for the valuable sensTee which you have rendered to the coun? try. When the National Guard was called Into the service of the federal government the lives of men, women and children along the frontier were in grave danger, owing to the formi? dable bandit raids from the Mexican side of the boundary. It is not too much to say that had these raids con? tinued there was danger of interna? tional war. From time of the ar? rival of the units of the National Guard on the border the raids ceased, and the tension between the two coun? tries began to re'ax. It is the hope and belief of the government that the presence of the units of the National Guard, together with the units of the regular army, on the border and in Mexico and the presence in mobiliza? tion camps of the units of the Nation? al Guard in readiness for such service, has made posiblr t peaceful solution of a difficult and threatening prob? lem." Havana, Feb. 20.?The parliamen? tary committee of the Liberal party has adopted resolutions declaring that it does not desire to establish a government in opposition to the con? stitution but only to see elections held under legal guarantees and without violence. Washington, Feb. 20.?It is learned that President Wilson is considering nreaking another precedent by not calling the newly elcted senate into ex? tra session, March 6th, to confirm the appointment of cabinet officials. Washington, Feb. 20.?The admin? istration espionage bill providing se? vere penalties for spying and con? spiring to violate American neutral? ity was passed by the senate today. The English sparrow pest grows worse all the time. It is almost im? possible to raise a garden in some parts of the town now owing to the depredations of the sparrows. There is considerable talk of su burban real estate development ami the beginning of a movement of homo seekers to build outside of the city limits. Btlniter should have a municipal slaughter house such as Greenville and Greenwood and, perhaps, several other up-country towns have had for several years, it is officially report? ed that these municipally supervised slaughter houses, \v\th cold storage facilities, have proven a profitable en? terprise to (he pursous owning and operating them.